Cornell Information Technologies (CIT) announces that a new version of the e-mail program Eudora is now available for Windows users. With its improved user interface, version 6.2.1 also fixes a security hole that could enable a specifically crafted mail message to cause Eudora to crash or to execute virus-like code simply by opening or previewing the message. If you use Eudora to access your e-mail through uPortal.Cornell, you've already been prompted to upgrade. (If you haven't yet accepted, do so.)
Cornell engineers have found that firing up diesel backup generators in non-emergency situations triggers rising atmospheric ozone concentrations due to additional nitrogen oxide emissions.
Charles Aquadro, professor of molecular biology and genetics, researches how fruit flies provide clues to humans' own genetic footprints of adaptation. (Oct. 12, 2009)
Stephen Maxfield Parrish, Goldwin Smith Professor of English Emeritus at Cornell and noted Wordsworth and Yeats scholar, died Jan. 11 at age 90. (Jan. 23, 2012)
Events this week include Light in Winter Festival activities, new exhibits at the Johnson Museum of Art, inspirational talks at Sage Chapel, and a lecture on archaeology and photography. (Jan. 14, 2010)
Interim President Hunter Rawlings delivered the State of the University address, focusing on the role American research universities play in the nation and Cornell’s "remarkable role" as one of the great universities.
Mary-Lynn Cummings, assistant dean for facilities and operational services in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, has been named to the newly created post of director of space planning for Cornell. (Feb. 6, 2008)
Graduate students in Professor Rob Bloomfield's Business and Oversight in Second Life seminar use avatars, or virtual personas, to study business and policy issues in the virtual-reality world of Second Life. (Oct. 22, 2007)
At Winter Commencement, Dec. 18, President David Skorton recognized 735 candidates and thanked 2,000 attending friends and family, saying that Cornell graduates are known for overcoming challenges. (Dec. 20, 2010)
Cornell's library adds more than 125,000 books each year, plus an increasing number of digital books and an array of 'nonbooks.' Who decides what to buy? Librarians, of course. (June 9, 2007)